Is it even possible to sidestep careers anymore?
I’ve been burnt out and fed up in my role for a while with things only getting progressively worse. I’m quite specialised (clinical) but with a lot of transferable skills. Trouble is, every job ad seems to want specific experience in that particular field so it’s looking really difficult to pivot into something new that I think I could still be good at. I really don’t know what to do, do I start networking on LinkedIn? (how do you even do that?) I’m hesitant to go down the recruiter road as I don’t want to get put forward for anything, do I reach out before applying to ask if they’d consider me despite not having specific experience in that field? Do I do some of these free Alison courses to help fill in some skill gaps? Something else?
Has anyone successfully done this recently? It felt very possible 5-10 years ago but nowadays it seems everyone wants a unicorn candidate.